" "I should be very glad if I had said it, for it's not only clever but true," said Anna, smiling.

"No, do tell me why it is one can't go to sleep, and one can't help being bored?" "To sleep well one ought to work, and to enjoy oneself one ought to work too.

" "What am I to work for when my work is no use to anybody? And I can't and won't knowingly make a pretense about it.

" "You're incorrigible," said Stremov, not looking at her, and he spoke again to Anna.